Boy charged after spitting and coughing on 66-year-old woman
Date published: 30 March 2020
A 14-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of section 39 assault
A boy has been charged after a 66-year-old woman was coughed on and spat at in Ashton.
The boy, who is aged 14 and cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged with one count of section 39 assault and will appear at Tameside Youth Court on Tuesday, April 7, 2020.
Officers were called shortly before 8.30pm on Tuesday, March 17 to a report that earlier that evening a boy had been coughing and shouting ‘Coronavirus’ at a woman in Ashton-under-Lyne town centre.
A 14-year-old boy was later arrested on suspicion of section 39 assault.
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